I personally wouldn't like being called "baby" whether I was dating the person or not. It's just kind of creepy, and a bit too sexual for my liking. And that makes it even more creepier, since I'm not an infant.

I personally would not like being called baby.
Baby is what I often call my 2 year old niece.
So it would be awkward to be called that myself.
Old people often call me sweetie, dear, etc.
But they are old so I guess that's alright.
I tend to call people I am close to hunny.
Most of the time I do it without realizing it.

me too.. i would feel awkward and a little embarrassed, depending on who it is and where he does it. If its family then its far better than someone not in the family.... i would prefer not to be called babe

When I first started dateing the guy I'm with now, right at the start he would call me baby? " In my head I was like you don't evne know me well enough to be calling me that." Now we have been together a long time, it would feel weird if he called me by my name now.